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SEQUENCE NR: CSB92528578 USER- ID: 43070-92APR28/10.52.06/AO1
TITLE: QIAN XUESEN
                  DOC REF: KEJI RIBAO (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DAILY,) (BEIJING)
(KERIE), 911102, NR 1102, 2
INF CTY: EPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
INF DATE: 911102
(Z: PIORA
COSATI: I IORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); PHYSICS (20)
CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
RELEASE: NONE (XX)
TEXT: EXTRACT. DOCUMENT CONTAINS 1 BIOGRAPHY.
QIAN XUESEN WAS APPOINTED AS DEPUTY MINISTER OF THE SEVENTH MACHINE
BUILDING ON 15 FEBRUARY 1965; HE WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST PRESIDENT
OF CHINA SPACE RESEARCH ACADEMY (A CONCURRENT POST FOR QIAN) IN 1968.
ON 12 JUNE 1970, HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMISSION. IN 1982, HE WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
COMMISSION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY. 1N JULY 1987, HE
WAS APPOINTED SENIOR ADVISER OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMISSION.
OWING TO-CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHINA'S STRATEGIC MISSILE TECHNOLOGY, QIAN
WAS CHOSEN AS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE ALL CHINA SPECIAL GRADE
PRIZE FOR PROGRESS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; THE FOLLOWING PERSONS
WERE COWINNERS: TU SHOUE, YAO TONGBIN, HAO FUJIAN, LIANG SILI,
ZHUANG FENGGAN AND LI XUE.
ON 29 JUNE 1989, AT THE 1989 INTERNATIONAL TECHNIQUE AND TECHNICAL
CIRCULATION CONFERENCE CONVENED AT NEW YORK QIAN WAS AWARDED A W. F.
WEILADE AND ROCKWELL, JR. MEDAL; IN ADDITION, HE WAS HONORED AT THE
SAME OCCASION AS A WORLD CLASS SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER, AND AN
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING IN HONORING HIS MAJOR PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
ROCKET AND GUIDED MISSILE TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
THEORY.
PFN INFORMATION: PART 001
                  RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COMMITTEE.
PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
PROTITLE: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
                  FACILITY: NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
COMMITTEE
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     FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH) SG1J
     PFN INFORMATION: PART 002
     RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF CHINA INST OF SPACE RESEARCH.
     PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
     PROTITLE: PRESIDENT
     PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
     PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
     PFN DATE: 1968
     FACILITY: CHINA INST OF SPACE RESEARCH
     FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
     PFN INFORMATION: PART 003
                 RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF SEVENTH MIN OF THE MACHINE
     INDUSTRY.
     PERSON:      QIAN, XUESEN
                  

     PROTITLE:    DEPUTY MINISTER
                  

     PERS CTY:    PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
                  

     PERSDATA:    BIOGRAPHIC DATA
                  

     PFN DATE:    1965
                  

     FACILITY:    SEVENTH MIN OF THE 14ACHINE INDUSTRY
                  

     FACL CTY:    PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
                  

     PFN INFORMATION: PART 004
                       RELATES: XUESEN QIAN IS A MEMBER OF NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND
     TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
     PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
     PROTITLE: DEPUTY DIRECTOR
     PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
     PERSDATA: BIOGRAPHIC DATA
     PFN DATE: 1970
     FACILITY: NATIONAL DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
     FACL CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC or CHINA (CH)
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